文章大意:本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了一位年轻的华尔街人士玛丽莲·马恩,大多数顶尖企业都很喜欢她,经过慎重考虑,她决定放弃MBA管理学位的学习,同时文章对有才华的女性为何不攻读MBA进行相关探讨。
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Marilyn Mawn is a young Wall Streeter most leading business would love to call their own. A Cornell graduate who enjoys the intensity of her 80-hr weeks as an analyst at Bear Stearns in New York City, Mawn, 25, has three years of experience in the financial industry, a head for closing major deals --- and 11 no plans to go to business school.
It’s not that she didn’t give it some serious thought. Mawn researched the best financial-real-estate programs, sent away for applications and took a preparation course for the Graduate Management Admissions Test. But after seeking advice from senior woman 12 in her company, including some with M.B.A.s, she decided to give up the degree.
“I considered the opportunity cost,” says Mawn, one of five professional women in an office of 50 people. She 13 she would be giving up two years' income and experience, spending an 14 $100,000 on education and not gaining enough to justify it.
Whether female candidates for the top business schools are opting out because of a feeling, like Mawn's that they are better off with the work experience, or because of family considerations or a 15 for the business-school climate or business in general---the fact is that they just aren’t going. Women account for only 29% of those in the country's top business schools, and it's been that way since 1994.
Not all business schools suffer from a 16 gender gap, just the top tie. A survey of all accredited(公认的) programs has women accounting for almost 40% of graduates. “women business leaders are 17 important to our company. We 18 to moms,”says Mary Kay Haben, an executive vice president of Kraft Foods. “we rely on the top business schools to help us find the women with a track record of success.”
It was with this in mind that the University of Michigan, together with Catalyst, a nonprofit research and advisory organization that focuses on advancing women in business, teamed up to find out why talented women aren’t 19 M.B.A.s. The study is still in the data-gathering stage, with results 20 in early next year.